Harness-saddle



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L.DARE. I HARNESS SADDLE.

No. 303,494. Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

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No. 303,494. Patented Aug. 12, 1884.

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LEE DARE, OF LA GRO, INDIANA.

HARNESS-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,494, dated August12, 1884.

Application filed September 26, 1883.

To all whom it 77mg concern:

Be it known that I, LEE DARE, a citizen of the United States, residingat La Gro, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in HarnessSaddles, of which thefollowing is a specification, to wit: This invention relates to animprovement harnesssaddles, and it consists in certain novel details ofconstruction and arrangement, whereby it is simplified, cheapened, andrendered more durable, substantially as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure lis a rear elevation. Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of one sideof the sad- (lle. die-iron. Fig. 4 is a similar bottom view of the same,and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pad.

A represents a harnesssaddle tree, having a loop, a, at each end, andjust at the inner side of this loop, on the under side, is a bar, a, thepurpose of which will be presently seen, the whole tree, loops, and barsbeing cast entire in one piece, as shown.

13 represents the pad, of the usual shape,

within which, just beneath its outer cover, is

placed an iron, 0, formed with a hook, 0, upon its outer or lower end,which projects through the outer cover of the pad and engages with thebar a upon the end of the tree. The iron 0 is formed upon its under sidewith two lon gitudinal flanges, c c, and at its upper end with anopening, a, for the passage of the shank of the terret-ring, whose nutis held beneath this opening by the flanges c c, and also by a flatspring, 0, secured at one end to the iron 0, and its other end lyingbeneath the terret-nut, as shown in Fig. 2. The iron 0 is also formed ashort distance from the hole 0 with an opening, 0*, of sufficient sizeto admit the passage of the nut, and just over this the pad-cover isslit to form a tongue, as shown by Fig. 5.

To prevent the strain of the'skirt d from breaking down the ends of thepad, as is frequently Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofthe sad- (Nomodel.)

the case, I form the lower ends of the iron 0 beyond their hooks C withone or more projections, b, which serve to sustain the end of the padand obviate this difficulty. The skirt is secured in place both by thehook C and the terret-ring D, and when the saddle is to be put togetherthe ends of the hooks O are engaged with the bars a and the upper endsof the pads brought closely beneath the arch of the tree and secured bythe terret-ring,'1naking asecu re and durable saddle, which is veryquicklytaken apart for cleaning or oiling the harness.

The peculiar form of the irons 0 enables me to put up these saddles andsupply them to the trade unmounted, (with out the terret-rings andcheck-rein hook,) and allows the dealer to mount them in any style tosuit the buyer. WVhen this is determined, the nut is passed through theslit in the pad and opening 0 in the iron 0, and pushed forward to itsposition, where it is securely held by the spring 0 It is obvious that,if desired, the hooks C may have their ends turned in instead of out,with the same effect.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a harness-saddle, the iron 0, cast with the book 0 on one end, andprovided with the spring 0 flanges c 0, hole c, and opening 0',substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a harness-saddle, the iron 0, formed with the hook O and one ormore projections or toes, I) b, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

3. In a harness-saddle, the pad B, provided with the iron 0, formed asherein described, in combination with'the tree A, having the loops a andbars a, all cast in one piece, and the terret and its nut, substantiallyas described and shown, and for the purpose set' forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEE DARE.

